The prime minister, who today opened the first congress of Croatian scientists working in Croatia and abroad, also answered reporters' questions about media reports that Radman, a member of the French and Croatian academies of arts and sciences, was giving up the project in Split and leaving Croatia.
Sanader said that he resolutely refused any attempt to discredit Radman.
"Professor Radman is an honest man, a great scientist and patriot who offers Croatia his knowledge and connections abroad," Sanader said.
He added that Radman wanted to set up an institute in Croatia which would attract world-known scientists to relay their knowledge to young Croatian scientists.
That's why the project in Split is very humane and my government, including the Science and Education Ministry, support it, Sanader said reiterating that attempts to smear Radman's reputation were completely unacceptable.
Sanader alluded to charges pressed by anonymous persons against Radman accusing him and some of his aides in the project of embezzling funds earmarked for the institution. The Prosecutor's Office in Split County on Monday dropped the charges as groundless and malicious.
Asked to comment on Radman'c claims that neither he nor Science Minister Dragan Primorac had ever answered his letters on the matter, Sanader said that he usually did not communicate with his advisors through letters and that he had talked to Radman on the phone.
Earlier at the congress, which is taking place in Zagreb and Vukovar until 19 November, Minister Primorac spoke about a strategy of the development of science in Croatia.
Primorac said that the established network of Croatian scientists in the country and abroad would be of key importance for scientific and educational processes in Croatia.
The network will be also important for cooperation with the Economy Ministry with regard to technologies which Croatia should develop, Primorac said.
He voiced satisfaction with the state leadership, universities and scientific institutions having reached a national consensus on the importance of science.
Now that Croatia earmarks 2.2 percent of its Gross Domestic Product for science and education, it is very important to find ways to stimulate the private sector to raise funds for this purpose so as to achieve three percent of GDP being earmarked for science and education, the minister added.